The following House Files were introduced:
Zellers; Smith; Meslow; Gazelka; Brod; Lesch; Severson; Cybart; Peppin; Emmer; Gunther; Ruth; Penas; Abeler; Paulsen; Beard; Holberg; Nelson, P.; Hoppe; Finstad; Bradley; Erickson; Dill; Kohls; Demmer; Sykora; Tingelstad; Lanning; Wilkin; Samuelson; Johnson, J.; Magnus; Simpson and Garofalo introduced:
H. F. 1, A bill for an act relating to public safety; providing a life penalty without the possibility of release for certain first degree criminal sexual conduct crimes; creating indeterminate sentences and mandatory life sentences for certain first through fourth degree criminal sexual conduct crimes; creating a new criminal sexual predatory conduct crime; establishing the Minnesota Sex Offender Review Board; providing procedures for operation of the review board; specifying when an offender may petition for conditional release; directing the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to designate presumptive sentences for certain offenses; requiring the commissioner of corrections to establish criteria and procedures for reviewing offenders' petitions for release; allowing the Minnesota Sex Offender Review Board and the commissioner of corrections to proceed with expedited rulemaking; exempting the review board from contested case proceedings; granting the review board access to certain data; specifying that the Open Meeting Law does not apply to meetings and hearings of the Minnesota Sex Offender Review Board; instructing the revisor to recodify and renumber statutes; making various technical and conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 13.851, by adding a subdivision; 13D.01, subdivision 2; 241.67, subdivision 3; 243.166, subdivision 1; 244.05, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; 244.052, subdivision 3; 244.195, subdivision 1; 253B.185, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 401.01, subdivision 2; 609.117, subdivisions 1, 2; 609.1351; 609.341, by adding subdivisions; 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3452, subdivision 4; 609.347; 609.3471; 609.348; 609.353; 631.045; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 244; 609; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 609.108; 609.109.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Bradley, Abeler, Finstad, Dean, Powell, Wilkin, Peppin, Samuelson, Paulsen, Severson, Simpson and Ruth introduced:
H. F. 2, A bill for an act relating to health care cost containment; making changes to encourage consumer-driven health plans; encouraging efficiency in providing health care; implementing health care cost containment, cost shifting provisions, and reduction of government mandates; implementing health plan competition and reform provisions; changing health maintenance organization regulatory authority; reforming medical malpractice liability; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16A.10, by adding a subdivision; 43A.23, by adding a subdivision; 62A.02, subdivision 2; 62D.02, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 62D.03, subdivision 1; 62D.04, subdivision 1; 62D.05, subdivision 1; 62E.08, subdivision 1; 62E.091; 62J.26, by adding a subdivision; 256B.04, by adding a subdivision; 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 62L; 147; 604; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 62J.17, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7, 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Dorman, Opatz, Gazelka, Eastlund, Pelowski, Wardlow, McNamara, Garofalo, Solberg, Hamilton, Samuelson, Howes, Simpson and Ruth introduced:
H. F. 3, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; making adjustments to previous bond authorizations; authorizing sale of state bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16A.661, by adding a subdivision; 16A.662, by adding a subdivision; 16A.671, subdivision 3; 116J.571; 116J.572, subdivision 2; 116J.573, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5; 116J.575, subdivision 1; 116P.08, subdivision 2; 136F.60, by adding a subdivision; 446A.14, subdivision 1; Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 17, as amended; Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 2; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20, article 1, section 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.325.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment.
Johnson, J.; Smith; Gazelka; Cornish; Gunther; Erickson; Paulsen; Powell; Bradley; Wardlow; Garofalo; Brod; Severson; Simpson and Ruth introduced:
H. F. 4, A bill for an act relating to crime prevention; regulating the sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs; authorizing reporting of suspicious transactions involving these drugs and providing civil immunity for so doing; requiring a methamphetamine educational program for retailers; further regulating while recodifying activities involving anhydrous ammonia; requiring courts to order restitution in certain situations involving controlled substances; imposing property restrictions in certain situations involving controlled substances; increasing the criminal penalties for possessing certain substances with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine; establishing new methamphetamine-related crimes; expanding the definition of "violent crime" for mandatory sentencing purposes; requiring that vehicles and other property used to manufacture methamphetamine indicate this in the title or deed; establishing a methamphetamine laboratory cleanup revolving fund and authorizing loans to assist counties and cities in conducting methamphetamine cleanup; exempting certain substances from being classified as controlled substances under certain circumstances; exempting certain pediatric products labeled pursuant to federal regulation from law prohibiting sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs; authorizing taking a child into protective custody for health screening relating to methamphetamine; imposing criminal penalties; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 152.021, subdivisions 2a, 3; 152.135, subdivision 2; 168A.05, subdivision 3; 609.1095, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 152; 446A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 18C.005, subdivisions 1a, 35a; 18C.201, subdivisions 6, 7; 18D.331, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Hamilton, Sykora, Gazelka, Soderstrom, Penas, Brod, Wardlow, Severson, Simpson and Ruth introduced:
H. F. 5, A bill for an act relating to education finance; increasing the basic formula allowance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.10, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Holberg; Johnson, J.; Gazelka; Severson and Erickson introduced:
H. F. 6, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XIII; recognizing as marriage only a union between one man and one woman.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Holberg introduced:
H. F. 7, A bill for an act relating to transportation; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, dedicating proceeds from motor vehicle sales tax to transportation purposes and phasing in the dedication over a five-year period.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Rukavina and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 8, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to construct a wood yard for the Laurentian Energy Authority.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Wilkin; Powell; Cox; Bradley; Wardlow; Severson; Kohls; Heidgerken; Westrom; Paulsen; Charron; Cybart; Carlson; Demmer; Klinzing; Westerberg; Erickson; Magnus; Blaine; Holberg; Erhardt; Sykora; Nelson, P.; Peppin; Abeler; Samuelson; Dean; Finstad; Emmer; Meslow; Beard; Simpson and Gazelka introduced:
H. F. 9, A bill for an act relating to health; conforming to federal tax changes to encourage consumer-driven health plans; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 290.01, subdivisions 19, 31.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Lenczewski; Kelliher; Dill; Mullery; Larson; Greiling; Nelson, M.; Hornstein; Loeffler; Dittrich; Hilstrom; Mahoney; Dorn; Fritz and Moe introduced:
H. F. 10, A bill for an act relating to public finance; providing for inflation in the revenue forecast; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.103, subdivisions 1a, 1b.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Severson, Zellers, Gazelka and Beard introduced:
H. F. 11, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring that mailings of random sampling to verify insurance coverage must be by certified mail with evidence of delivery; prohibiting Department of Public Safety from suspending driver's license on grounds that driver failed to respond to commissioner's request for proof of insurance unless commissioner possesses evidence of delivery; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.796, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Rukavina and Solberg introduced:
H. F. 12, A bill for an act relating to child labor; regulating the employment of minors in establishments where liquor is served or is consumed on the premises; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Kahn, Paymar, Greiling, Carlson, Hornstein, Huntley, Hilty, Davnie and Kelliher introduced:
H. F. 13, A bill for an act relating to health; establishing state policy for stem cell research; providing criminal penalties; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 137; 145.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Tingelstad, Goodwin, Abeler, Dittrich, Samuelson and Slawik introduced:
H. F. 14, A bill for an act relating to education; providing for a model policy prohibiting intimidation or bullying; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 121A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Rukavina, Dill and Sertich introduced:
H. F. 15, A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for Mesabi Station on the Mesabi Trail; authorizing the issuance of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Carlson; Greiling; Mullery; Peterson, S., and Wagenius introduced:
H. F. 16, A bill for an act relating to education finance; establishing funding for voluntary, full-day kindergarten; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.05, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Greiling introduced:
H. F. 17, A bill for an act relating to criminal justice; adopting certain model penal code provisions relating to criminal responsibility of persons with a mental disease or defect; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 611.026.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Jaros, Greiling and Kahn introduced:
H. F. 18, A bill for an act relating to traffic regulations; requiring that mobile telephones used in motor vehicles be hands-free; providing a defense; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 169.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 19, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Paulsen, Lenczewski, Dorman, Lanning, Atkins, Howes, Brod, Simpson, Mullery, Marquart, Erhardt, Rukavina, Koenen and Davids introduced:
H. F. 20, A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; providing a subtraction for expenses related to organ donation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 290.01, subdivision 19b; 290.091, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Koenen and Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 21, A bill for an act relating to health; requiring hospitals to offer to the parents of a newborn a video presentation on the dangers associated with shaking infants and young children; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Finance.
Koenen and Peterson, A. introduced:
H. F. 22, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for acquisition and development of the Minnesota River Trail from Wegdahl to Granite Falls.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Mariani and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 23, A bill for an act relating to education; directing the commissioner of education to seek a waiver from ineffective provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act; directing the commissioner of education to report on policies and programs to supplement the positive effects of the act related to improving student achievement, closing the student achievement gap, and establishing school accountability; appropriating money for supplemental educational services.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy and Reform.
Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 24, A bill for an act relating to insurance; improving Insurance Guaranty Association coverage for political subdivisions of this state when their insurance company becomes insolvent; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 60C.09, subdivision 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Heidgerken introduced:
H. F. 25, A bill for an act relating to civil liability; defining the responsibilities of ski area operators and skiers; defining the rights and liabilities between skiers and between a skier and a ski area operator; prohibiting actions for injuries resulting from the inherent dangers and risks of skiing; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Wilkin, Garofalo, Cybart, Klinzing, Holberg, Erickson, Magnus, Sykora, Smith, Hoppe and Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 26, A bill for an act relating to state government; renaming the State Office Building as the Ronald Reagan State Office Building.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Erickson introduced:
H. F. 27, A bill for an act relating to education finance; lowering the maximum effort capital loan tax rate; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 126C.63, subdivision 8.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Slawik introduced:
H. F. 28, A bill for an act relating to consumer protection; regulating gift certificates and gift cards; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325E.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 29, A bill for an act relating to local government; repealing the compensation limit for local government employees; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 356.611, subdivision 1; 465.719, subdivision 9; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 43A.17, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Marquart and Eken introduced:
H. F. 30, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to renovate the Detroit Lakes Regional Pavilion; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Koenen introduced:
H. F. 31, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for a center for agricultural innovation in the city of Olivia.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Howes, Moe and Sailer introduced:
H. F. 32, A bill for an act relating to highways; requiring commissioner of transportation to construct a new bridge on marked Trunk Highway 64 near the city of Akeley.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Abrams, Erhardt, Lenczewski, Solberg and Brod introduced:
H. F. 33, A bill for an act relating to a University of Minnesota football stadium; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Vandeveer, Dean, Rukavina and Klinzing introduced:
H. F. 34, A bill for an act relating to local government; excluding certain facilities from the Big Marine Park Reserve; providing for planned unit development zoning classification for certain facilities.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 35, A bill for an act relating to game and fish; requiring a fishery management plan for Green Lake in Kandiyohi County.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Juhnke introduced:
H. F. 36, A bill for an act relating to the city of Willmar; authorizing the city to impose a sales and use tax.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Juhnke, Heidgerken and Hosch introduced:
H. F. 37, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money for Glacial Lakes Trail and the Lake Koronis Trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 38, A bill for an act proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 23; providing for veto override sessions of the legislature.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Anderson, I. introduced:
H. F. 39, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for the World War II Veterans Memorial.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance.
Smith introduced:
H. F. 40, A bill for an act relating to retirement; limiting certain postretirement adjustments for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 11A.18, subdivision 9.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Pelowski introduced:
H. F. 41, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for Winona State University.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Howes, Moe, Hackbarth and Cornish introduced:
H. F. 42, A bill for an act relating to firearms; authorizing the use of silencers to muffle discharges of firearms for natural resource wildlife control; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.66, subdivisions 1h, 2.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Dempsey introduced:
H. F. 43, A bill for an act relating to education; authorizing a levy for Independent School District No. 256, Red Wing.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Finance.
Abrams, Lenczewski and Krinkie introduced:
H. F. 44, A bill for an act relating to taxation; insurance premiums; reducing the rate on life insurance; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297I.05, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Abrams, Lenczewski and Ozment introduced:
H. F. 45, A bill for an act providing for designation of an international economic development zone; providing tax incentives; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 272.02, by adding a subdivision; 290.01, subdivisions 19b, 29; 290.06, subdivision 2c, by adding a subdivision; 290.067, subdivision 1; 290.0671, subdivision 1; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 290.0922, subdivisions 2, 3; 297A.68, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.
Wilkin, Seifert and Krinkie introduced:
H. F. 46, A bill for an act relating to state government; making permanent the requirement that certain litigation and settlement proceeds be deposited in the general fund; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.151, subdivision 5.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs.
Abrams, Lenczewski, Simpson, Lanning and Nelson, P. introduced:
H. F. 47, A bill for an act relating to state aid to cities; correcting the calculation of city aid base; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 477A.011, subdivision 36.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.
Rukavina; Clark; Sertich; Nelson, M., and Mahoney introduced:
H. F. 48, A bill for an act relating to employment; increasing the minimum wage; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 177.24, subdivision 1.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Scalze and Greiling introduced:
H. F. 49, A bill for an act relating to elections; establishing a voluntary clean campaign council, a clean campaign pledge, and a clean campaign advertising code; clarifying definitions of campaign expenditures and independent expenditures; clarifying requirements for disclaimers on campaign material; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 10A.01, subdivisions 9, 18; 10A.14, subdivision 2; 10A.24, by adding a subdivision; 211B.04; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 10A.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Elections.
Penas introduced:
H. F. 50, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money to the city of Roseau for infrastructure repair and replacement and municipal complex replacement due to flood damage.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance.
Howes, Gazelka and Moe introduced:
H. F. 51, A bill for an act relating to public safety; requiring that driver's licenses of certain sex offenders be permanently revoked; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 631.40, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 171.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Policy and Finance.
Howes, Gazelka and Moe introduced:
H. F. 52, A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; authorizing the issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for extension of the Paul Bunyan Trail.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Erhardt introduced:
H. F. 53, A bill for an act relating to higher education; providing a process for state support of a football stadium at the University of Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance.
Peterson, A. and Koenen introduced:
H. F. 54, A bill for an act relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and public improvements of a capital nature with conditions; appropriating money for the Minnesota River State Trail; authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Finance.
Rukavina and Walker introduced:
H. F. 55, A bill for an act relating to motor vehicles; requiring certified mailings for vehicle insurance sampling program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 169.796, subdivision 3.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Rukavina and Jaros introduced:
H. F. 56, A bill for an act relating to insurance; no-fault auto; regulating benefit terminations or denials; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 65B.
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Financial Institutions.